Ms Justice Mary Laffoy:

If I could make just one observation, it is that I would be very keen that at the end of this whole process we have certainty. I would be very keen on that. It is important to get advice, as we got advice, on the implications of repeal simpliciter or just replacing or amending or whatever, but the committee should get its own advice on that. I would strongly recommend that. There are question marks that have to be addressed and as I say, my hope would be that when this process is all over that there will be certainty. There cannot be absolute certainty. We would put the legal profession out of business if there was absolute certainty.